TEG, the organiser of the market leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing summit, PHARM Connect Congress, supported by the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (MAGYOSZ) is proud to announce the call for applications for the 5th Central Eastern European Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Excellence Award.

The award has been established to honour, recognise and promote outstanding manufacturing excellence solutions in the rapidly growing region of CEE. Manufacturers as well as solution providers are welcome to apply with their most innovative projects and methods implemented in the region. Applications will be assessed by our highly renowned independent jury and the winners will have the opportunity to present their projects on CEE’s most important pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturing event, PHARM Connect 2019.

The establishment of the award is an important stepping stone on the way which sees the rapidly growing importance of Central and Eastern Europe as a market. Marking a new era, the award has highlighted the region’s most innovative solutions in the previous edition of PHARM Connect and will continue in the future. The aim of the award is not only to celebrate excellence in manufacturing, but to encourage professionals to constantly raise standards contributing to the development of CEE as a region.

Applications should be submitted by the 31st of January 2019 and will be assessed by our highly renowned jury:

JURY MEMBERS in 2018

Dr. Lajos Hegedűs

Prof. Stane Srčič

Prof. Vladimir Kral

Prof. Constantin Mircioiu

Prof. Imre Klebovich

Dr. Bartłomiej Milanowski

Former General Manager of TEVA, Hungary and Representative of the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (MAGYOSZ)

Department of Pharmaceutical Technology

Faculty of Pharmacy University of Ljubljana

University of Chemistry and Technology

First Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague

"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Bucharest and Head of Pharmaceutical Section Academy of Medical Sciences Romania

Department of Pharmaceutics

Semmelweis University

Budapest

Asst. Prof. at the Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology

Faculty of Pharmacy, Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Applications from all members of the industry are welcome in two categories – innovative and generic pharmaceutical and biotechnology manufacturers in the first one, while service providers with a customer project in the second.

Winners will be announced during the cocktail reception on the first day of the annual PHARM Connect Congress.

Awarded applicants will have the opportunity to present their projects to the top pharmaceutical and biotechnology management professionals of the region during the second day of the market leading summit.

If you think your solution is cutting-edge and should be recognised by the industry, apply now for the 5th Central Eastern European Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Excellence Award and put your business in the spotlight!

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

• The project/concept has to be accomplished in the Central Eastern European region:

• Companies can apply from the manufacturing or the solution provider sector

• Solution providers are only entitled to apply with a customer related project

• The size of the company is not relevant

• The application can be a description of a method, technique or project which leads to improvements in manufacturing

• The application needs to contain the following: aims, development, implementation and the achieved results

• Length should be maximum 15 pages

including a 'Management Summary' maximum of 1 page generally describing the idea and results of the project or submission of one Power Point Presentation (maximum 20 minutes presentation time) plus a 'Management Summary' maximum 1 page describing the idea and results of the project

• Please submit your application in PDF-format in English

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EVALUATION OF THE PROJECTS

All projects will be evaluated based on their level of

• COST-EFFECTIVENESS

• QUALITY

• SERVICE

• INNOVATION

The applicants are asked to specify in which category(s) they would like to apply. Award winners in both categories will be notified personally by TEG, the organiser, prior to PHARM Connect 2019.

Award winners need to keep the notification confidential, as the official award ceremony will be held during the cocktail reception and winners in both categories will present their projects on day two of the conference.